2008 SIGF Doctoral Fellowships Announced
The Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships(SIGF) Program is a new university-wide program to award three-year fellowships to outstanding doctoral students engaged in interdisciplinary research. It is a competitive university-wide program overseen and administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE).
The SIGF Program is being established by raising endowed funds.The first SIGF fellowships will be awarded in the spring of 2008. They will be three-year awards for current Stanford graduate students pursuing a doctoral degree. SIGF fellowships allow Stanford doctoral students to pursue questions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Examples include:
SIGF Fellowships must be used in the first six years of graduate study at Stanford.
Application details. The application period for 2008 awards is closed.